The Wallace and Gromit-style road cleaning contraptions making a clean sweep of China's streets

The simplest ideas are often the best and this Chinese road sweeper is no exception.

Looking like something that's been bodged together in a shed by animated inventors Wallace and Gromit, the wacky contraption uses 16 straw broomsticks connected to a rotating iron disc which spins round as it is pulled along behind a van.

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Whirl-o-matic: These Chinese road sweepers may look like something out of a Wallace and Gromit cartoon but the trusty machines have been keeping the nation's streets clean for decades

Although it might appear to be a one-off, it's a tried and trusted design that has been in use across
China for decades.